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Scientist Nathan Myhrvold is one of three people who has created a camera that can take pictures of snowflakes at a microscopic level. Myhrvold’s photos are the highest resolution. He camera is specially equipped to capture the images before the…
For the first time since 1960, no new class of baseball players added to the Hall of Fame. There were 25 players on the 2021 ballot, but none of them got the 75 percent of the votes needed. Last year’s…
At age 22, Amanda Gorman is the youngest poet to write and recite a verse at a presidential inauguration. Her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” spoke about unity, healing, grief, and hope. President Joe Biden addressed similar themes in his…
On Inauguration Day, a scene of "organized chaos" unfolds at the White House. The staff prepares for the “transfer of families.” Starting at 9:30 a.m., two teams work to move President Trump out and bring President Biden's belongings in. The…
Weather and climate disasters have a devastating—and pricey—toll. In 2020, there were 22 billion-dollar weather disasters in the U.S. This is a record number. The most damage came from the seven billion-dollar tropical cyclones. They created over $40 billion in…
Mark your calendars. The Smithsonian has ten celestial events that will be visible in North America in 2021. If you missed the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, you can catch Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn forming a cluster in early January.…
At age 15, Gitanjali Rao isn’t your typical scientist. The brilliant teen was selected as TIME’s Kid of the Year from more than 5,000 kids, ages 8 to 16. Her inventions can sense lead in water, detect early opioid addiction,…
It’s a New Year’s Eve tradition: watching the ball drop in New York City’s Time Square. It began in 1907. The city banned New York Times from doing their usual pyrotechnics and fireworks display. The Times needed something new. They…
On Tuesday, the federal government released the new dietary guidelines. A committee of 20 doctors and academics recommended the limits for sugar and alcohol be cut, but they were not. The new guidelines center around the tagline “Make every bite…
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook the town of Petrinja, Croatia on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was 27 miles (44 km) away from the capital of Zagreb. The Croatian News Agency HINA reported the quake…